A common thread in all of Sandra Lakićević’s works is the perpetual conflict of individual and collective, intimate and public, remembered and forgotten, written and erased. This is perhaps best reflected in the act of erasing as an ever-recurring element in her practice. By erasing the narratives that once were, she investigates to what extent our memories and past narratives form our present perception, as well as our perception of the present. From printed matter to performance to video installations, her creative method is often defined by repetition which is meant to emphasize the internal and subjective notion of time.
Lately, she has been investigating the symbiotic relationship between architecture and memory, where she reflects on architectural changes introduced to buildings over time (such as partitioned windows and doors, altered exteriors or interiors, repaired facades or floors, and other physical deviations from the original design).
Her approach involves meticulously mapping and documenting these architectural modifications and repairs. These records, in the form of drawings and photographs, serve as blueprints for her time- dedicated works created out of a seemly endless accumulation of hand-torn images from her personal archive. These spatial and temporal complexities help her to formulate new relationships between space, time and individual and collective memory.
Sandra Lakićević (1990, Kraljevo, Serbia) lives and works in Brussels. She received her bachelor’s and master’s in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2015. She continued her education in Belgium where she obtained her second master’s in visual arts from LUCA School of Arts in Brussels in 2019. In addition to numerous group shows and residencies, she has had seven solo shows in Brussels, Leuven, Belgrade, Pančevo, Vrnjačka Banja and Majdanpek. In 2020 she was one of the finalists of the Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award (the Young Visual Artist Awards program – YVAA).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING | 2023-2024
- Anachronisms, The Green Corridor, Brussels, Belgium
- A Narrative against Narrative, Savremena galerija Subotica, Subotica, Serbia
2023
- A Narrative against Narrative, Stelplaats, Leuven, Belgium
2022
- Marks, Gaps and Windows, Heritage Museum - Belimarković Castle, Vrnjačka Banja Cultural Center, Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia
2021
- Talking Fibres, U10 Art Space, Belgrade, Serbia
2019
- The Measure of Change, Ravenstein Gallery 17-19, Brussels, Belgium
- Anisotropy, Belgrade Youth Center, Belgrade, Serbia
2017
- Documents, Cultural Center of Pančevo, Pančevo, Serbia
- Documents, Center for Culture Majdanpek, Majdanpek, Serbia
PERFORMANCES
2021
- Sandbox Performance Festival, MŰTŐ at Bakáts Bunker, Budapest, Hungary
2019
- The measure of change, BXL makers, Ravenstein gallery 17-19, Brussels, Belgium
- Lag (Nacht), Stelplaats, Leuven, Belgium
- Lag, Terrarium (Campus St. Lucas) , Brussels, Belgium
RESIDENCIES
2020
- The Green Corridor, Brussels, Belgium
- Level Five, Brussels, Belgium
- "Sopocanska vidjenja" art colony, Novi Pazar Cultural Center, Novi Pazar, Serbia
2019/2020
- STELPLAATS, Leuven, Belgium
AWARDS
2020
- Finalist Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award 2020, Young Visual Artists Awards YVAA, Belgrade, Serbia
2017
- Emerging Artist Award, Gallery of the Ribnica Cultural Center, Kraljevo, Serbia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
- Papier & Klang by Haus des Papiers Festival, Berlin, Germany
2021
- Language in common, The Youth Biennial, Belgrade, Serbia
- Salon Sale, Level Five, Brussels, Belgium
2020
- Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award 2020 Finalists' exhibition, Remont Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2019
- Speed dating, Terrarium (Campus St. Lucas), Brussels, Belgium
- 10146 intentos de devolver la mirada, Cali, Colombia
- Graduation show 2019, LUCA School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2018
- 4th 'Enter into Art' International Installations, Kobern-Gondorf Town Hall Foyer, Kobern-Gondorf, Germany
- 4th 'Enter into Art' International Installations, Weißenthurm Town Hall Foyer, Weißenthurm, Germany
- 4th 'Enter into Art' International Installations, Cultural Center Cologne-Mülheim, Cologne, German
2017
- Vrnjci Art Circle, Heritage Museum - Belimarkovic Castle, Vrnjačka Banja Cultural Center, Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia
- Annual Exhibition of Young Artistic Creators, Gallery of the Ribnica Cultural Center, Kraljevo, Serbia
- Female Painters, Center for Culture Majdanpek, Majdanpek, Serbia
- MiniFORMArt 2017, Night Gallery Petak, Belgrade, Serbia
2015
- A Buncha Book Artists: Overbooked, Harry Wood Gallery, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, USA
- The Beginning at the End, 2nd year master's students drawing exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2014
- Artist's book, Faculty of Fine Arts & Faculty of Architecture, professor and student exhibition, Izlozi Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
2013
- Students of Fine Arts exhibition, UHCL Art Gallery, University of Houston – Clear Lake, USA
- MINI EXPO, Small Format Exhibition, Delta City, Belgrade, Serbia
- Students of the University of Arts in Belgrade exhibition, Festum, Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Serbia